24 February 2015

New record high temperature at Honolulu airport: 86ºF

Hot and
muggy weather is expected to continue Tuesday, although temperatures may
not reach Monday's record-setting high, National Weather Service
forecasters said.

Light
winds helped temperatures at the Honolulu Airport rise to 86 degrees
Monday, breaking the old record for the date of 85 set in 1996. Lihue
Airport also tied a high temperature record of 83 degrees set in 1980.

The Hawaiians are certainly bemoaning the "heat" to each other, as I've heard them do frequently. Despite their insistence, they've never received much sympathy from me. In fact, I've told rather plainly that they don't know what heat is. Frankly, it sounds quite pleasant to me.

The
unusually cold weather over the last two days continued to break records
in Hawaii, including a record for this date that goes back over 122
years in Honolulu.

The
National Weather Service said Monday morning's low temperature of 57
degrees beat the low temperature for this date of 60 degrees of
temperatures recorded at the Honolulu Airport.

While I do not sympathize with the Hawaiians when they complain of heat, I certainly do sympathize with them about the cold. It's really quite amazing how chilly 74 degrees can feel after a day in the warm sun (I'm quite serious about that).

Just from these record high and low temperatures you can see why Saint Damien of Molokai wrote in a letter to his brother shortly after his arrival in the islands, "The climate is delightful, so that strangers easily become accustomed to it, and generally enjoy better health here than in our own country" (Letter XI, 23 August 1864).

It'll be good to be back this summer for a visit. Until then, stay cool, my friends!

Please, Lord, a saint!

About Me

Father Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S., a priest of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, serves as Pastor of St. Augustine Parish, Ashland; Director of the Office for Divine Worship and the Catechumenate; Adjutant Judicial Vicar; and as Diocesan Judge for the Diocesan Tribunal.